Airline passenger traffic in December at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in
2001. In December 2002, the passenger enplanements were 21,497. This is an increase of 23.2% when compared to the
December 2001 passenger enplanements of 17,447.

Total passenger count for the month was 43,082, which is up 22.1% over the same period last year.

Airline

City

Aircraft

MarketShare

Northwest Airlines

Minneapolis

Airbus A319/320, DC9, & RJ85

70%

United Express

Chicago & Denver

CRJ200

30%

There were 438 air carrier departures in the month of
December with a daily average of 1,390 passengers both arriving and departing.